Waterbury evening Democrat., 1887-12-27
A HUSBANDS BRUTALITY !
MIR. FLEMING, OF. THE TRUNK LINE
 COMMISSION, ARRESTED.

MIR. FLEMING, OF. THE TRUNK LINE
 COMMISSION, ARRESTED.
 His Wife Charges Him with Cruelty, and
 Asks That He be Compelled to Support Their C1li1dren-He Put a Rope Around
 Her Neck.
 NEWARK, N. J., Dec 27-Wiliam Elem ing, secretary of the trunk line commission and author of several volumes apperiaining to railway management in England and the United States, was arrested at the resi- dence of his son in Rutherford Park, N. J., by Sheriff Nicholas b. Demarest, at II o'clock on Saturday evening The process under which Fleming was apprehended was . 8 writ of ne exeat granted by Chancellor McGill on Dec. A, restraining him from de- parting the jurisdiction of the court until he had answered proceedings instituted by his wife, Ellen Fleming, to compel him to provide comfortably for her and her three children, Christina Fleming, aged 19; James Fleming, aged IA and Ellen Fleming, aged 9.
 The couple were married in Dublin on April 20, 1863. Mrs. Fleming, prior to her marriage, was teacher of deaf mutes in that city. The bill alleges that they came to New York on Feb. l, 1881. In May follow ing they moved to Rutherford Park. Soon after their change of residence, Mrs Fl ming alleges in her affidavit, her husband came home frequently at night in a state of intox- ication, and beat her unmercifully. On the night of Feb 5, 1883, she alleges that Flem- ing came home from a ball late under the influence of liquor. Words passed between them, which led to an assault s "He dragged mo from the bed by the hair of my head" she alleges, 'beat me while I lay helpless upon the floor, and placed a rope around my neck. I called for assist ance. My eldest daughter sponled and summoned a neighbor, who forced my hus- band to desist, and who remove1 the rope from around my neck. For six weeks there after was confined to my bed, unabls to do any physical labor, and under the lrofes- sional care of Dr. Phelps. sm not now able to care for myself and my three chil- dren, and have been incapacitated ever since"
 This allegation is strengthened l,y recent proceedings in Bergen county court in which Dr. Phelps got verict against Mr. Fleming for $57 for medical attendance upon his wife at the time specified. In this case Justice Dixon delivered the opinion on Dec.. 1 % and Fleming satisfied the judgment on {! Dec 23 The bill further alleges that on Aug. 23 while the oldest child was sick of fever, Mrs. Fleming get up to get her glass , of water In the kitchen she was attacked, l. she says, by Fleming, who choked her until she was insensible. Dr. Phelps was again called to attend Mrs. Fleming for injuries received at that time. In the month of October following an agreement was entered into whereby the couple were to live apart Mrs. Fleming to have the custody of tue three children. MT. Fleming agreed to pay her $40 month, and to give her S3 a week for the maintenance of the children r Besides this, he was to c1othe and educate the children, and provide for his former household. This agreement he kept, his wife ayers, until last September. In the eyes of the law the agreement entered into was rot binding upon either party, but the proceed ings which characterized the mutual separa- ticn are urged as evidence that he felt it obligatory to provide for his wife and fam fly. and also that he was abundant]y able 70 do so.
 After he had Eeen in default for two months Mrs. Fleming visited hlm at his cffice in New York, but returned, she says,
 without any satisfaction, although she made an earnest appeal on behalf of their chil- dren. She ayers that she was turned away empty handed, her husband declaring that he "would serve them, the wretches, as he had served their mother' A few days after CG1S lnCerVleW MrS. rle1nlnS engage Lawyer 1 Samuel D. Haines, of Jersey City, to bring suit to compel her husband to provide for her and their three children. Mr. Haines sent for Fleming to come and see him, and advised him as friend to adjust matters with his wife, and provide for her and the children. He declared. it is said, he would never lift hand to aid them. He was then informed that the agency of the courts would l be invoked to compel him to do This conference took place on last Thursday, and on Saturday Mr. Haines applied for the writ of exeat, upon which Fleming was arrested on Saturday evening.
 | Fleming is as well, if not better, known in l England than in the United States In 1S7S-79 he was the complainant in a chan cery case entertained by the master of the rolls against one Easton for an infringe ment in copyright on book on the rail way system of England. He is tie author of three volumes entitled an ''Index to Our Railway System and a Comprehensive Analysis of Railway Property" Mrs. l Fleming testifies that her husband is ill re- ceipt of a salary of more than $4, coo year, and is possessed of real and personal prop erty.
 A "Difficult'' Feat Easily Accomplished.
 BROOKLYN, Dec 27-Jack Krause, who 1 o%- ;,;1